The Wall Street Journal January 20, 2011 By Nathan Koppel A Philadelphia case shows that those engaging in cruel cyberbullying may draw prison sentences, in this case a 45 day term in federal lockup. -db
A New York state judge has ruled that cyberbullying does not constitute defamation and dismissed her suit against her high school classmates who wrote scurrilous statements about her on FaceBook. -db Cyberbullying case gets no traction in New York state Online Media Daily July 26, 2010 By Wendy Davis Writing that a classmate contracted a sexually transmitted disease and morphed into the devil might be a form of “cyberbullying,” but does not constitute defamation. That’s
A blogger from the Citizen Media Law Project argues that school authorities are over reaching in many instances in punishing students for off-campus speech. In many instances the speech has no disruptive effect on the school or falls short of creating a hostile school environment. -db Citizen Media Law Project Commentary March 17, 2010 By Justin Silverman A freshman at Oak Grove High School in Missouri used Facebook last month to vent about another student: “Wow,
The New York Supreme Court ruled for Facebook in a suit brought by a student against former high school classmates and their parents after the classmates had posted on Facebook alleged false and defamatory statements about her. The court held that Facebook was protected under the Communications Decency Act, did not own the defamatory content and was not responsible it. The suit continues against the individual defendants. -DB Citizen Media Law Project Analysis October 21,